Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader. What Is To Be Done? (1902).

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The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader. What Is To Be Done? ch. 2, sct. A (1902).
The pamphlet's title was originally the title of N.G. Chernyshevsky's novel of 1863, which expounded the author's ideas of true revolutionary practise, and was later regarded as a classic in the Soviet Union.

Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader. Report on the Work of the Council of People's Commissars, Dec. 22, 1920 (1920), repr. In Collected Works, vol. 31 (1966).
The words were used as a slogan to promote the plans of the State Committee for the Electrification of Russia.